STANFORD, Calif.- Last February, Saint Mary’s notched a rare road upset of Stanford, winning 4-3 to become only the third school to defeat the Cardinal on its home court since 1999.
No. 5 Stanford (6-0) made sure there would be no repeat, registering a 5-2 victory over No. 38 Saint Mary’s (3-3) on Thursday afternoon at Taube Family Tennis Stadium.
It would have been easy to overlook the Gaels this time around, especially given Sunday’s highly-anticipated matchup against No. 5 Florida.
Instead, the Cardinal looked sharp throughout while knocking off its fifth ranked opponent of the year.
Stanford captured the doubles point to take a 1-0 lead before Caroline Doyle was first off the court in singles with a 6-1, 6-1 victory at the No. 6 spot.
Carol Zhao increased the Cardinal’s lead to 3-0 following a 6-4, 6-3 victory at the No. 3 position.
Krista Hardebeck came through with the clincher, picking up a 6-3, 7-6 (3) triumph on court two.
Stanford hosts Florida on Sunday, Feb. 23, at 12 p.m.
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No. 3 Stanford 5, No. 38 Saint Mary’s 2
DOUBLES
1) No. 17 Ahn/Zhao (STAN) d. Flores/Kaur (SMC) 8-3
2) No. 30 Davidson/Tsay (STAN) d. Jullien/Pawid (SMC) 8-5
3) Doyle/Hardebeck (STAN) d. Frampton/Leduc (SMC) 8-6
Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2
SINGLES
1) No. 13 Jenny Jullien (SMC) d. No. 5 Kristie Ahn (STAN) 6-4, 7-6 (7)
2) Krista Hardebeck (STAN) d. No. 46 Jaime Pawid (SMC) 6-3, 7-6 (3)
3) No. 51 Carol Zhao (STAN) d. Danielle Flores (SMC) 6-4, 6-3
4) No. 25 Taylor Davidson (STAN) d. Jade Frampton (SMC) 7-6 (2), 6-3
5) Catherine Leduc (SMC) d. No. 32 Ellen Tsay (STAN) 2-6, 7-6 (2), 1-0 (8)
6) No. 49 Caroline Doyle (STAN) d. Elizabeth Searl (SMC) 6-1, 6-1
Order of Finish: 6, 3, 2, 4, 1, 5